Today is the second of two deadlines for the C$200,000 Griffin Poetry Prize for 2017. Books must be submitted postmarked no later than December 31, 2016 for books published between July 1 and December 31, 2016. Learn more here about how to enter and how to obtain entry forms. Return …
The Writers’ Guild of Alberta is preparing to celebrate another successful year with the 2017 Alberta Literary Awards. Writers from across Alberta and their publishers are invited to check out and submit to this year’s award categories. Submissions are evaluated on originality, creativity, and quality of writing, as well as …
Freefall offers $1,700 in prize money in prose and poetry categories. This year's judge is writer Susan Musgrave. Learn more here. Return to the International Poetry Calendar.
Contemporary Verse 2 (CV2) magazine offers a poetry contest exclusively for writers under the age of 35. The YOUNG BUCK poetry prize is awarded to the author of the single best submitted poem, along with $1000 and publication in CV2. Three honourable mentions will also be awarded, each with a …
Poet Robin Richardson offers the Unsympathetic Voice in Poetry Workshop. The Unsympathetic Poetry Workshops focus on truth, clarity, and uncertainty as they draw out the rawest, most difficult, and ultimately most affecting elements of a poem. New essays and poems will be discussed each week, and participants are encouraged to …
The Art Bar is recognized as Canada's longest running poetry-only, weekly reading series. Since 1991, it has featured both emerging and established poets from across Canada and occasionally from abroad. It has become a hub for the poetry community, and entry point for new voices, a place for people to …
Running since May 9, 1980, the Tree Reading Series (Tree) is one of Canada's longest-running literary events and an essential part of Ottawa's vibrant literary community. Tree is a non-profit organization that supports established and emerging writers from Ottawa and across Canada by offering a supportive public venue for writers …
Pivot presents the writers breathing life into Canadian literary culture. Established and emerging, time-tested and fresh; they're what's happening in literature, right now. This evening's readings at The Steady Café on Bloor West in Toronto are by Adnan Khan, Craig Francis Power, Meaghan Strimas and Moez Surani. Learn more here. …
The Brockton Writers Series (BWS) is a bi-monthly literary reading series founded in November, 2009, and held in the west-end Toronto neighbourhood of Brockton, at full of beans Coffee House & Roastery, 1348 Dundas St. W. The series' vision is to host writers who reflect Canadian literature and Canadian diversity, …
All knife | fork | book readings events happen Thursday evenings (unless otherwise noted). Doors open at 6:30 pm at Rick’s Cafe in Kensington Market. This event's featured guests are poets Dani Couture and Chad Campbell. Learn more here. Return to the International Poetry Calendar.
Hear readings from the poets shortlisted for the 2016 prize at this literary calendar highlight event. The TS Eliot Prize is awarded annually to the author of the best new poetry collection published in the UK or Ireland. Learn more here. Return to the International Poetry Calendar.
What does LOVE mean to you? Don't Talk to Me About Love wants your poetry exploring love in any of its myriad expressions: romantic, platonic, parental, and much, much more. They know there is a whole world of love out there, and they want to read about it. See last …
In this workshop led by Rowan Ricardo Phillips, you will work to enhance simultaneously your imagination and your use of sound in order to take your poems to their next level. A poem is always about the relationship between its sonic and imaginative parts; this is what convinces the ear …
The Palm Beach Poetry Festival is a nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering the writing, reading, performance, and appreciation of poetry – by presenting an annual festival and other poetry events in Palm Beach County – featuring America’s finest poets. The festival's special guest this year is Charles Simic, past U.S. …
The T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry was inaugurated in 1993 to celebrate the Poetry Book Society’s 40th birthday and honour its founding poet. Described as ‘the prize most poets want to win’ (Sir Andrew Motion, former Poet Laureate) and ‘the world’s top poetry award’ (Independent), it is awarded annually …
Hot-Sauced Words moves to a new location - THE SUPERMARKET (on Augusta) - and a new night! (3rd Tuesday each month). Join them Tuesday, January 17th for an event featuring Bänoo Zan launching her new book from Piquant Press: Letters to My Father with tribute readings from Michael Fraser, Ian …
The Art Bar is recognized as Canada's longest running poetry-only, weekly reading series. Since 1991, it has featured both emerging and established poets from across Canada and occasionally from abroad. It has become a hub for the poetry community, and entry point for new voices, a place for people to …
The Poetry London Reading Series hosts monthly readings and poetry workshops in London, Ontario. The series brings Canada's best national poets into London for readings, as well as providing a wide range of poetry-related opportunities for local writers and poetry aficionados. The series' home is the Landon Branch Library in …
1,000 Bird Poems by Necakov: A PEN Fundraiser Marathon will feature about 25 guest poets and other personalities, each reading about 40 tweet-length poems by Toronto poet Lillian Necakov. The money raised (from PWYC admission at the door, and door prize tickets), goes entirely to PEN Canada, a vital organization …
The Sawdust Reading Series is an Ottawa-based series shining a light on both sung and unsung Ottawa poets. The Sawdust Reading Series events occur on the third Wednesday of the month at 7 pm at Pour Boy, 495 Somerset St. W. in Ottawa, Ontario. Events include an open mic, a …
Canada's Lisa Robertson is known for subject matter that includes political themes, such as gender and nation, as well as the problems of form and genre; she has written works that explore literary forms such as the pastoral, epic, and weather forecast. Her books of poetry include XEclogue (1993); Debbie: …
All knife | fork | book readings events happen Thursday evenings (unless otherwise noted). Doors open at 6:30 pm at Rick’s Cafe in Kensington Market. This event's featured guests are poets Claire Caldwell and Laura K McRae. Learn more here. Return to the International Poetry Calendar.
The Humber Literary Review is now accepting submissions for its Spring/Summer issue. Deadline is January 20th. The publication pays $100 per essay, short fiction, 2-3 poems. Learn more here. Return to the International Poetry Calendar.
To celebrate the WordsThaw Writers Festival in 2017, The Malahat Review is pleased to announce the first-annual WordsThaw Prize. An exciting showcase of emerging talent in Greater Victoria, this contest will award a cash prize of $500 each in two categories: Poetry and Micro Text (either short fiction or creative …
In this workshop (which runs most Sundays from January 22nd to April 30th, with some exceptions), participants in person and online will study H.D.’s Collected Poems. Participants spend the first hour reading poems (aloud) and another hour writing. The writing portion takes the form of starting points and prompts drawn …
The Art Bar is recognized as Canada's longest running poetry-only, weekly reading series. Since 1991, it has featured both emerging and established poets from across Canada and occasionally from abroad. It has become a hub for the poetry community, and entry point for new voices, a place for people to …
Running since May 9, 1980, the Tree Reading Series (Tree) is one of Canada's longest-running literary events and an essential part of Ottawa's vibrant literary community. Tree is a non-profit organization that supports established and emerging writers from Ottawa and across Canada by offering a supportive public venue for writers …
The first Fat Oyster Reading Series event of the new year, at Fanny Bay Hall, features readings by Bernice Friesen, Robert Bringhurst and Jan Zwicky. Learn more here. Return to the International Poetry Calendar.
Pivot presents the writers breathing life into Canadian literary culture. Established and emerging, time-tested and fresh; they're what's happening in literature, right now. This evening's readings at The Steady Café on Bloor West in Toronto are by Nyla Matuk, D.D. Miller, and Drew Hayden Taylor. Learn more here. Return to …
This is a playful, supportive three-month poetry course for beginners and aspiring amateur poets, with two of the best practitioners and teachers in the country – all at the home of British poetry, Faber & Faber. Over the course of three months, join award-winning Faber & Faber poets Jo Shapcott …
Hosted by the York University Write Club, in conjunction with York University Creative Writing, the Crossroads Literary and Reading Festival features guest speakers/readers from The Writers' Union of Canada, Wattpad, Lexical.ca, Word On The Street, Existere, Brick Literary Journal, untethered magazine, Dumagrad Books, Inspiritus Press, The Wattpad Literary Fiction Network, …
This relaxed but productive workshop for beginning poets, experienced poets, stalled poets, and haikuists who want to get beyond three lines is a Toronto institution! Poetry Boot Camp focuses on the pleasures of poetry and the riches that spontaneity brings, through lively directed writing strategies. You will write in ways …
In this workshop (which runs most Sundays from January 22nd to April 30th, with some exceptions), participants in person and online will study H.D.’s Collected Poems. Participants spend the first hour reading poems (aloud) and another hour writing. The writing portion takes the form of starting points and prompts drawn …
Rock 'n' Roll Poetry Open Mic is held the last Monday of the month at Otto's Shrunken Head (538 E 14th St) in the east village. Bring a guitar or two, a friend, or just yourself, your songs or your poetry. All levels and styles welcome. Learn more here. Return …
The inaugural Magazine Grands Prix feature 13 awards for individual creators and 13 for creative and editorial teams. The top two “Grands Prix” awards will recognize the editor of the year and the magazine of the year. Submissions are welcome from all Canadian magazines - large and small, niche, specialty …
The Art Bar is recognized as Canada's longest running poetry-only, weekly reading series. Since 1991, it has featured both emerging and established poets from across Canada and occasionally from abroad. It has become a hub for the poetry community, and entry point for new voices, a place for people to …
Bring a poem or two, and raise a glass to Robert Burns, Scotland's National Bard. The Poetry Association of Scotland is a registered charity (SCO14388), founded in 1924 to promote public readings of the best poetry from all over the world. Annual membership costs £25, and concessions are £20. This …
The most diverse poetry reading and open mic in Toronto, Shab-e She’r has been bridging the gap between diverse poetry communities, bringing together people from different ethnicities, nationalities, ages, disabilities, religions (or lack thereof), poetic styles, voices and visions. At Shab-e She’r (Poetry Night) we don’t just wait for diversity …
During Black History Month, Canadians celebrate the many achievements and contributions of Black Canadians who, throughout history, have done so much to make Canada the culturally diverse, compassionate and prosperous nation it is today. Learn more here. Return to the International Poetry Calendar.
Calling all University of Alberta students! The Canadian Literature Centre is looking for the best poetry in French and English that the U of A has to offer. The theme is: The Ordinary and the Everyday. Learn more here. Return to the International Poetry Calendar.
Arc Poetry Magazine welcomes Poem of the Year entries from Canada, the United States, and around the world. Entrants may submit up to two unpublished poems with each $35 fee (extra poems: $5 per poem). The length of each poem must not exceed 100 lines. Learn more here. Return to …
The Malahat Review, Canada’s premier literary magazine, invites entries from Canadian, American, and overseas authors for the Long Poem Prize. Two awards of $1,000 CAD each are given. Poets contributing to The Malahat Review have also won or been nominated for National Magazine Awards for Poetry and the Pushcart Prize. …
This is a playful, supportive three-month poetry course for beginners and aspiring amateur poets, with two of the best practitioners and teachers in the country – all at the home of British poetry, Faber & Faber. Over the course of three months, join award-winning Faber & Faber poets Jo Shapcott …
In this workshop (which runs most Sundays from January 22nd to April 30th, with some exceptions), participants in person and online will study H.D.’s Collected Poems. Participants spend the first hour reading poems (aloud) and another hour writing. The writing portion takes the form of starting points and prompts drawn …